Idea: Wayne Haun solo album?

Idea: Wayne Haun solo album? March 16, 2011

Just to clarify so no rumors get started, this is ONLY an IDEA. I have no information to the effect that Wayne Haun is planning to make a solo album in the near future. This is all coming out of my head.

Okay, now that we’ve established that, I was musing on this the other day when I found a 2-year-old online streaming episode of Ann Downing’s Reality Check with Wayne Haun as the guest. My favorite parts were when Wayne sat down at the piano and played/sang something he had written. I discovered the song “I Will Find You Again” this way, because I hadn’t heard the Perrys sing it. So the first time I ever heard the chorus was when Wayne told the story behind it and then sang it himself. I was intrigued. It had such a classic sound, almost a bit of a contemporary sound, but good contemporary, if you know what I mean. When Wayne sang it, it had kind of a Scott Krippayne feel, like the kind of stuff Scott used to do before he started getting weird and artsy. And it was just plain beautiful. (Of course I was at my keyboard later trying to finger out the chords, and I’m still trying to find exactly how that one chord goes…ever have that feeling where you’ve got most of it, but you’re missing the one final thing that will make it as rich as it needs to be?) But anyway, I just fell in love with it instantly.
So then of course I looked up the Perrys singing the full song, and I thought it was great. But there was still something about the way Wayne had sung the chorus, just right there with him and the piano. It just wasn’t the same when the Perrys did it.
Now that he’s  recorded his own version of a popular Cathedrals song, his abilities as a vocalist are beginning to attract more attention than before. So I have a proposal for StowTown Records: A Wayne Haun solo album, featuring Wayne’s own takes on some of the best songs he’s contributed to. “I Will Find You Again” would naturally be a must, as would the likes of “Grace” and “I Wish I Could Have Been There.” “Reason Enough” would make sense since he’s even already sung it at Signature Sound concerts. Another great recent pick would be “Love Came Calling.”
But what about you? Would you be interested in a project like this? Because I know I would—as long as he really picked his BEST songs, of course! One thing that would be fascinating is if he went and found a couple songs that didn’t become hits, but that he’s always just liked and thought were strong.


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